American singer Suzi Quatro has likened today's music videos to 'soft porn'
and singled out Lady Gaga for particular criticism.

Suzi Quatro has criticised the provocative clothing of modern female pop singers such as Lady Gaga, and likened their videos to "soft porn".

The 62-year-old American singer, who had UK number one hits with rock songs Can the Can and Devil Gate Drive in the Seventies, told the Daily Mail:

"It's not that the women in today's pop and rock world are being treated like sex objects – it's that they are choosing to do it to themselves, which is strange to me. Now they seem to be nearly nude, and I think that the videos are borderline pornography. I can't even pick one out. They're all like soft porn now.

She added that it was a "shame" singers like Lady Gaga chose to present themselves and their music in such a way.

"I don't understand it. I don't agree with it, otherwise I would have done it. It's a shame. It's horrible and I don't like it. I haven't talked to any young artists for a long time. But if we did sit down I'd definitely tell them my viewpoint.

Quatro, who has sold over 50 million records worldwide, is considered one of the first women to become a major rock star. She was known for wearing figure-huggin leather jumpsuits in the Seventies, but dismissed the suggestion that the clothing she wore in her heyday was the same as the costumes worn by today's pop stars:

"I may have been sexy, but I was covered up... there was something left to the imagination."